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Friday 9 OctOber 2020
Rays hit 3 more HRs to beat Yanks 8-4 for 2-1 lead in ALDS

By The Associated Press The teams have combined
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Randy for 18 homers — includ-
Arozarena homered for ing seven in Game 3 — in
the third straight game the neutral-site series at
and Kevin Kiermaier and Dodger Stadium featuring
Michael Perez also went all day games. After two
deep for the Tampa Bay straight days in the 90s, the
Rays, who beat the New temperature cooled to 81
York Yankees 8-4 Wednes- degrees.
day night to move within Liam Hendriks pitched three
one victory of reaching the innings of scoreless relief for
AL Championship Series for the win. Brooks Raley took
the first time in 12 years. the loss.
New York slugger Giancar- BRAVES 2, MARLINS 0
lo Stanton hit a two-run shot HOUSTON (AP) — Rookie
in the eighth inning to be- right-hander Ian Anderson
come the first player with a pitched like a poised veter-
homer in each of his team's an, right fielder Nick Marka-
first five games of a single kis made a nifty defensive
postseason. Stanton has six play late and Atlanta threw
homers and 13 RBIs in those another playoff shutout
five games. in beating Miami for a 2-0
The Rays took a 2-1 lead lead in their NL Division Se-
in the best-of-five Division Tampa Bay Rays' Michael Perez hits a two-run home run against the New York Yankees during the ries.
Series. Game 4 is Thursday sixth inning in Game 3 of a baseball American League Division Series, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, The Braves have tossed
night at Petco Park, which in San Diego. three shutouts in four
has yielded 16 home runs Associated Press games this postseason. Tra-
in three games — nine by vis d'Arnaud and Dansby
Tampa Bay. struck out six in winning his knee to hit a long home run fly in the eighth and Oak- Swanson both homered for
The Rays are looking to ad- fifth straight postseason de- and then kept the Dodgers land rallied past Houston to the second straight day,
vance out of the ALDS for cision. ahead in the seventh with a avoid elimination in their AL putting Atlanta one win
just the second time. They DODGERS 6, PADRES 5 spectacular, leaping catch Division Series. from a sweep in the best-
reached the 2008 World ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — at the center-field fence. Houston leads the best-of- of-five matchup.
Series before losing to the Cody Bellinger homered Clayton Kershaw allowed five set 2-1 and can ad- The 22-year-old Ander-
Philadelphia Phillies. and robbed Fernando Tatis three runs over six innings vance to its fourth straight son, who made his major
Arozarena, a 25-year-old Jr. of a go-ahead shot, and for the win. He gave up AL Championship Series league debut in late Au-
rookie from Havana who's Joe Kelly got the final out consecutive solo homers with a victory in Game 4 on gust, scattered three hits
nicknamed "The Cuban with the bases loaded in a to Machado and Hosmer Thursday. and struck out eight over 5
Rocket," is having a break- tension-filled ninth inning as in the sixth while making The Astros wasted leads of 2/3 innings. He added to his
out postseason. He hom- Los Angeles barely held off his first start near his Texas 2-1 and 7-4, and the Ath- impressive outing last week
ered leading off the fifth to San Diego for a 2-0 lead in home in a 13-season ca- letics bounced back after in the first round when he
chase loser Masahiro Tana- their NL Division Series. reer. giving up advantages of fanned nine in six scoreless
ka and give the Rays a 5-1 Kelly retired Eric Hosmer on Zach Davies yielded four 1-0 and 4-2. innings against Cincinnati
lead. a routine grounder to earn runs in five innings and took Houston's bullpen had sti- Mark Melancon, the fifth
Arozarena went 3 for 4 with the save after Dodgers All- the loss. It was the longest fled Oakland in the first two Atlanta pitcher, finished
a walk. He leads all players Star closer Kenley Jansen outing by a Padres pitcher games with seven shutout the three-hitter for a save.
in the postseason with 12 wobbled in the ninth. Los in their five games this post- innings of one-hit relief, but Marlins starter Pablo Lo-
hits in five games. Angeles can sweep the season. Pinder ended that domi- pez allowed three hits and
Kiermaier hit a three-run best-of-five set from its NL ATHLETICS 9, ASTROS 7 nance. struck out seven over five
shot off Tanaka in the fourth West rival Thursday night LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chad Marcus Semien, Tommy La innings in his postseason
to make it 4-1. and reach the NL Champi- Pinder tied the score with a Stella, Mark Canha and debut. It was his first outing
Charlie Morton held the onship Series for the fourth three-run homer in the sev- Matt Olson also homered since Sept. 24.
Yankees to two runs, one time in five seasons. enth inning, Sean Murphy for the A's, whose entire in- Game 3 is Thursday in Hous-
earned, in five innings. He Bellinger nearly went to a hit a go-ahead sacrifice field went deep. ton. q

Démare claims 2nd win in this Giro; Almeida stays in pink

MATERA, Italy (AP) — Arnaud Démare claimed photo finish. habited until the 1950s.
his second stage win in the Giro d'Italia by "Two days ago it wasn't a perfect sprint but to- Almeida stopped on the side of the road to fix
winning the sixth leg in another mass sprint on day it's super," Démare said. "I wasn't sure if I the radio under his jersey with 37 kilometers (23
Thursday. could overcome the climb but I found the best miles) to go when he was hit. Sprinter Fernan-
João Almeida held onto the pink jersey de- position when it flattened a bit. I said that the do Gaviria went down in the same incident,
spite a mid-stage scare when he was crashed earlier I would win a stage, the more stages I but both riders quickly got going again.
into by another rider. would win in this Giro. This is pure pleasure." Almeida, a Portuguese rider with the Deceun-
For his 12th victory this season, Démare started Démare took nearly five hours to complete the inck-Quick Step team, remained 43 seconds
his sprint before anyone else on the slightly up- 188-kilometer (117-mile) route from Castrovillari of Spanish rider Pello Bilbao.
hill finishing straight and won easily ahead of to Matera, which featured one third-category This was Démare's third career win at the Giro.
Michael Matthews and Fabio Felline. climb and a hilly finish. He also won a stage in Modena last year to
Démare, a French rider with the Groupama- Matera — in the southern Basilicata region — go with his two stage victories at the Tour de
FDJ team, also won Stage 4 in a three-way is known for its cave dwellings, which were in- France in 2017 and 2018.q